1. Worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing
   "a tatterdemalion prince"
   - tattered 
2. In deplorable condition
   - bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, dero [Austral, NZ], derro [Austral, NZ]

1. A dirty shabbily clothed urchin
   - ragamuffin

Derived forms: tatterdemalions

See also: damaged, worn

Type of: urchin

• saltless
• saltlike
• Salton Sea
• saltpan
• saltpeter
• saltpetre
• saltshaker
• saltwater
• saltwater fish
• saltworks
• saltwort
• saltwort family
• salty
• salubrious
• salubriousness
• salubrity
• Saluki
• salutary
• salutation
• salutatorian
• salutatory
• salutatory address
• salutatory oration
• salutatory speaker
• salute